Tag Archives: peace

Teens and young adults look to forge peace among Richmond’s neighborhoods

By: Robert Rogers | February 27, 2012 – 10:45 am

George Mitchell stood in front of the mic, glanced at his notes, and let fly. It’s not always easy for Richmond’s young people like Mitchell...

The building blocks of a better community

By: Robert Rogers | April 2, 2010 – 1:02 pm

When Captain Allwyn Brown speaks about public safety, he conveys the tenets of modern policing. The most important crime-reducing resource, Brown says, is the community...

The sounds of peaceful fury

By: Robert Rogers | March 8, 2010 – 5:00 am

For many of the roughly 1,000 people who took part in Saturday’s slate of peace events – marching and linking hands in a human chain...

Peace march draws up to 1,000 to church, civic center

By: Robert Rogers | March 6, 2010 – 3:56 pm

Police estimated that 700 to 1,000 people took the streets Saturday for a day of peaceful activism. Go inside and view a photo slideshow of...

City poised to mobilize for peace

By: Robert Rogers | March 5, 2010 – 5:48 pm

At 11 a.m. Saturday, leaders from about 80 area churches plan to pray with thousands of residents at 210 separate street corners throughout the city....